Ludum Dare #19compo

Observatory

by ladron

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.81

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.08

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.81

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.44

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.16

Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.70

Community★★★★★★★★★★2.69

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★26%

A visit to your Great Uncles' Observatory takes a strange twist. Or at least it would have if I hadn't run out of time... :-)

Engine: Unity3D
Graphics: Gimp, Blender
Sound: sfxr, Audacity, Ableton Live

Notes:

Planets are not accurately positioned / sized. No time...

The plan was to carry on the narrative from the intro into the main game. But... no time.

The plan was to have gameplay beyond the telescope controls and planet discovery. But, again, no time...

Comments17

Dark Acre Jack20 Dec 2010, 20:19

Really digging the overall style pulled off here, and the bit of story helps.

Dslayer2720 Dec 2010, 22:04

interesting, and it's good to have some background info.

increpare21 Dec 2010, 10:28

The mode of interaction I find interesting - I assume there's nothing beyond planet spotting in it right now. Pulling the narrative into things would also be something id've found interesting. AH WELL. It was nice feeling (the synth had a bit too much resonance for my ears as they are right now I think...).

KoryWazHere21 Dec 2010, 13:47

Interesting concept =)

Rockdtben22 Dec 2010, 00:15

I would of given you a better score if there was actually something to do. Overall I find your graphics to be your strong point. You have a great GUI and the way you rendered the planets looks very nice. I am looking forward to seeing more of your work in the future.

Entar22 Dec 2010, 01:53

Interesting idea, good start, looks promising.

refrag22 Dec 2010, 06:22

I liked the story setup. Would be neat to see where you were going to take it. As it stands, I can only stare through a telescope looking for planets for so long. ;)

ladronauthor22 Dec 2010, 16:18

Thanks for the comments! I spent too much time learning Unity, drawing pixelated planets and messing with camera movements. I just barely got the "You found XXX" code in a few minutes before the deadline :-)

I do plan to spend some more time and develop it into more of an actual game.

barigorokarl22 Dec 2010, 22:28

I like staring at pixelated planets, reminds me of the old days (project nomad, starcontrol 2) ;)
Would be very interesting to see, where the game will develop to by just finding objects in space ...
I would like to vote for some "Hey, what's that thingy right near saturn and why is it blinking sos codes?" ;)

ladronauthor22 Dec 2010, 22:48

barigorokarl - my unrealized plans were much along the lines of your suggestion...

dertom25 Dec 2010, 14:51

Nice one! Especially as first unity3d shot...!

badlydrawnrod26 Dec 2010, 12:22

Pity that you didn't get further.

jolle27 Dec 2010, 15:49

Will try later on a computer I already have Unity on.

Endurion31 Dec 2010, 15:17

Nice! It starts out very promising and works well. Too bad you didn't get around to add more stuff/story in.
The control of the telescope via buttons is rather awkward (and slow), I'd preferred to use the keyboard.

jolle3 Jan 2011, 19:24

Starts with a cool setup. Observatorying was pretty fun, but I wasn't very good at it, spotting only Jupiter, Venus and the Moon. Or perhaps that's all there was. Either way, I note potential.

huhwhozat10 Jan 2011, 16:40

It's a start? I'm not really sure what else to say. Sound design was well done. Atmosphere was good. Not much here to judge though.